GENS as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • family based on male descent
   
   Synonym(s)
   • name (what does name mean?)
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • he had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name
   
   Hypernyms(s) gens is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • family (what does family mean?)
   • family line (what does family line mean?)
   • folk (what does folk mean?)
   • kinfolk (what does kinfolk mean?)
   • kinsfolk (what does kinsfolk mean?)
   • sept (what does sept mean?)
   • phratry (what does phratry mean?)